Senior Test / QA Lead

Ask IT consulting; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ask IT Consulting Inc. seeks a Test/QA Lead to design and execute test strategies, plans and scripts for complex IT projects. You will analyze design specifications, requirements and drive defect triage while engaging with customers and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has 11+ years in QA leadership, strong SDLC/STLC knowledge, and hands-on automation with Selenium; telecom background is a plus, with offshore collaboration experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline; MBA preferred.
• 11+ years as QA Analyst / QA Lead with progressive responsibility.
• Strong troubleshooting, research and problem-solving abilities.
• Extensive SDLC/STLC knowledge and testing methodologies.
• Experience gathering requirements and writing test scripts/plans.
• Experience with SOAP UI for service-level testing.
• Automation experience using Selenium or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain test strategy and test plans.
• Analyze design specs and requirements, apply to testing process.
• Create and document test cases and scripts.
• Participate in daily scrum meetings.
• Develop, monitor and report daily test execution plans.
• Triage and drive defects to resolution.
• Drive adoption of tools and agile practices with quality metrics.
• Interface with the customer and provide accurate status.
• Mentor team and support offshore development when needed.

Skills

Agile/Scrum

Communication skills

Troubleshooting

Requirements gathering

Test scripting / planning

Defect triage

Customer interface / status reporting

Team leadership / coaching

SDLC / STLC knowledge

Java/C# familiarity

Selenium / automation tools

Telecom background

Performance testing

Offshore collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or equivalent

Tools

Rally

HP ALM

Selenium

Job description

Ask IT Consulting Inc. visualizes itself as a leader in IT services and staffing in coming years. With strong dedication and commitment of our employees, we would surpass all our competitors establishing the wider channel of media marketing building a better connection with clients.

Job Description

As a Test /QA Lead you will have the opportunity to:

• Create and maintain test strategy / plans
• Analyze and interpret design specifications, business requirements and apply information to the testing process
• Create and document test cases/test scripts
• Participate in daily scrum meetings
• Develop / Monitor & Report daily test execution plans
• Drive & triage defects
• Transform the testing team to adopt tools / agile ways of working & enabling collection of quality metrics
• Interface with the customer / influence them / provide accurate status
• Improve team morale & support team development including offshore Minimum education qualification
• A bachelor's degree in any discipline. MBA or equivalent degree preferred. The ideal candidate will have:
• 11+ years as QA Analyst / QA lead with progressive responsibility as a lead
• Ability to troubleshoot, research, and work through complex problems
• Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Test Life Cycle (STLC) and Test Methodologies from project definition to post-deployment documentation
• Experience gathering requirements
• Experience writing test scripts and test planning
• Experience using testing tools (Preferably Rally, HP ALM)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environment
• Experience in Java/C# development experience is preferred
• Experience with Service Level testing using SOAP UI is a must
• Setup Test Data & Troubleshoot UNIX logs
• Automation using Selenium or similar tools
• Performance Test a plus
• Extensive Telecom Background a must

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.